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A campaign against crude oil theft mounted this year by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has highlighted the dangers of crude oil theft and sabotage of pipelines to more than 40 communities in the four local government areas in Ogoni land – Khana, Gokana, Tai and …

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has urged Nigerians to embrace the virtues of love, charity and peaceful co-existence that the Christmas celebrations symbolise, even as he congratulated Christians in the country for witnessing this year’s celebration. The Minister urged Christians to use the opportunity of …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that peace can be attained in the country if Nigerians “learn to tolerate and appreciate one another, respect constituted authority and be our brothers’ keepers in word and deed.” The President said this in his Christmas message to Nigerians, stressing that Jesus Christ, during His …

A few months back, the Lagos and Kebbi State Governments began a partnership aimed at enhancing food security as well as boosting agro-economic activities in the two states. Specifically, the partnership is geared towards improving rice production in the country and it thrives on pragmatic use of existing resources for …

This piece was motivated by two inter-related developments: the first is the furore caused by several corruption allegations against some top officials of the Buhari government and the reported directive by the President to the Attorney General of the Federation to investigate the involvement of any top government official accused …

President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Mrs. Toyin Saraki on Friday expressed sadness over the death of the Editor of Vogue Italia, Franca Sozzani and said she was “an incredible catalytic force for global development through fashion.” Mrs. Saraki in a statement personally signed by her, said the late Franca …

The Nigerian Army has alerted that due to the ongoing final clearance and occupation of Boko Haram terrorists hideouts in Sambisa forest, quite a number of them are escaping the theatre of operation in the North East to various parts of the country and elsewhere. Therefore, a statement by Brigadier …

The Presidency has approved the appointment of Assistant Corps Marshal Dauda Biu as Deputy Corps Marshal and promotion of 8 Assistant Corps Marshals with some other senior officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) also benefitting from the promotion exercise. Assistant Corps Marshal Dauda Biu who is currently the …

The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has approved the promotion of 76 Management Staff of the Agency to their next grade levels. The promotions were approved at the 34th meeting of the Board which held in Lagos from 20th to 21st, December, 2016 under …

The Rivers governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections, Dr Dakuku Peterside has laughed off constitution of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged violence that took place during the December 10, 2016 rerun election by Governor Nyesom Wike. He described the action …

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has sworn in Justice Ngozi Priscilla Emehelu as the substantive Chief Judge of Enugu State. Pictures below capture the faces of the dignitaries that witnessed the historic event.

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday said the latest terror attacks on Germany are a wake-up call for the rest of the world to show sympathy and solidarity towards Chancellor Angela Merkel in the global effort to neutralise and obliterate terrorists’ agenda against humanity. The Nigerian leader in a statement by Garba …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that no level of intimidation or blackmail from Federal Agencies will scare him into selling out the state to external predators. The governor urged Rivers people not to panic because nobody can take the state by force despite the sustained blackmail by …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State Friday presented the 2017 budget estimates of N105,719,471,000 (one hundred and five billion, seven hundred and nineteen million, four hundred and seventy one thousand Naira) to the Enugu State House of Assembly for approval. The appropriation bill which was themed: “Budget of Economic Recovery …

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has signed the 2017 appropriation bill of N127,233,074,799 and the state Public Procurement and Related Matters Amendment Bill into law. While performing the ceremony at the Government House, Abakaliki, Umahi said that much was expected to come from his administration’s agricultural …

Ebonyi State Government Thursday announced that it has taken over the transport cost of all Ebonyians living in other parts of the country who would be returning for this year’s Christmas celebration. The Special Assistant(SA) to Governor David Umahi on Transportation, Mr.Eworo Philip Igwe, who dropped the good news in …

The Presidency has refuted reports that President Muhammadu Buhari snubbed the organizers of the South East Economic and Security Summit by not attending the event, explaining that he heeded the counsel of some leaders of the zone who reasoned that his visit to the area so close to the Yuletide …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has accused Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State of plotting to disrupt the machinery of governance in strategic Federal Government agencies by provoking a violent breach of peace in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on December 22nd December, 2016 and beyond especially at …

The Administration of Criminal Justice Committee and Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy have released a total of 465 inmates in Bauchi State in 2016. Making the disclosure at the Legal Year Ceremony at High Court Complex, Bauchi, the State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Ibrahim Y. Umar …

Being a text of address by Bauchi Commissioner of Police Against the back drop of security situation in the Country and Bauchi State in particular, efforts to ensure that crime wave in the state is considerably reduced was stepped up in 2016. The command through its avowed commitment to ensure …

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel has presented a N365.251 billion budget proposal to the State House of Assembly for 2017. The budget appropriation bill christened, “Budget of Consolidation” is based on $35 US Dollars per barrel at a production rate of 1.0 million barrels per day. The …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, has approved, beginning from Saturday December 31, 2016, the training programmed for various cadres of applicants who were adjudged successful at the recently concluded 2016 recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Police Force at designated Training Schools nationwide. The recruitment exercise was …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said the guiding principle of his administration since inception has always been the implementation of policies and programmes that would engender true happiness and make life more simpler and comfortable for the people. Governor Ambode, who spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting with …

The Digital Switch Over (DSO) in Broadcasting is set to create a N100 billion Naira per annum FreeTV distribution network for Nollywood, among a number of positive spin-offs, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday. Speaking at the launch of the DSO in Abuja, the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prof. James Ortese Ayatse, on his election as Tor Tiv, the paramount ruler of the Tiv people. Prof. Ayatse, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, is also the pioneer and immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. The …